Cosmetic containing case



July 6, 1937. R MQR'IYTIER" I 2,085,822

COSMETIC CONTAINING CASE Filed Dec.. 31, 193i Patented July 6, 1937UNITED sures COSMETIC CONTAINING CASE France Application December 31,1931, Serial No. 584,248 In France February 3, 1931 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to a case which is provided with a ring, acapsula or any other element sliding within the case, acted upon by apusher at the outer surface of the apparatus,

5 and supporting the product to be presented.

The pusher cooperates with a link serving for opening and closing thecover of the case, with aid of a pivot or any other part integral withthe said ring, capsula or the like, in such man- 10 ner that the firstpart of the pusher stroke causes the opening of the cover whereas thefollowing part of the pusher stroke brings forward the product or objectcontained in the case, in any desired length.

On acting in the inverse manner, first the product or object is enteredinto the case and then the cover gets closed.

The invention will be better understood in the course of the followingdescription relating to 20 the drawing appended.

In the drawing represents: Fig. 1 an outer view of a case according tothe invention, and containing a paint stick;

Fig. 2 a section according to the lines 22 25 of Fig. 4., the coverbeing in the closed position;

Fig. 3 a similar view, the cover being in the opened position, and

Fig, 4 a section according to the lines 44 of Fig. 2.

The case according to the invention and shown merely in the Way ofexample, is one for paint, the paint stick i being inserted with one ofits extremities into a capsule 2. This capsule slides in the interior ofthe case 3 and is controlled from the exterior by a pusher or button 4integral with or connected to the capsule and sliding in a slot 5provided in the case and of suitable length.

The cover 6 oscillates around small pivots l and is connected to a link8 by a pivot 9 traversing the case and sliding in a slot l forming onefourth of a circle with the axis of the pivot I as its center.

In the closed position of the cover the rod 4a of the pusher is in thelower part of the slot 5.

On pushing the pusher upwardly, the rod 42. tends to remove the link 8laterally from the left to the right; but, since the lateraldisplacement depending on the inner Width of the case and thecorresponding width of the link is less than the length of the notch,Ill, provided in the link, the tail l2 of the link will abut against theinner wall of the case.

Hence it follows that the link is prevented 55 from lateral deviationand that it is obliged to follow the upward movement of the pusher 4,and to open the cover pivoting around its pivots 7.

On opening the cover the link is, owing to the movement of the pin 9 inthe slot l0, moved laterally, so that the pin 4 of the pusher 4 becomesdisengaged from the slot H, and the pusher is permitted to move up tothe upper part of the case.

An important particularity of the case consists in that it is preventedfrom opening prematurely. This result is obtained in the following Way:

The lower part of the slit is widened to a recess M to which correspondsa tooth I5 provided on the link 8. In the closed position, the tooth l5engages the recess E4 of the slit 5. It is obvious that in this.position the link is prevented from moving laterally because the pusherl imm'obilizes the link in this direction. Hence the cover cannot beopened by exerting a pull upon the same; consequently the case cannotcasually open in a retioule. In order to permit the opening, it isnecessary to push the pusher 4 upwardly, the pusher rod 4a acting uponthe inclined wall of the notch II of the link so that the latter movesslightly from the left to the right without causing abutment of the taill2 against the inner wall 38. of the case. This slight displacementsuffices to free the tooth l5 and permits the ascension of the link andhence the opening of the cover.

The plate forming the link 8 is arranged in such manner that it coversthe: slot provided for the passage of the rod 4a of thebutton 4. Itfollows that the product contained in the case, which in the exampleshown is a paint stick, can not dry and is protected against dust.

It goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the exampledescribed and that it permits of manifold modifications both with regardto the general shape and to the details without departing from the scopeof the present invention.

The case could be, for example of square, reotangular, elliptic,polygonal or any other section, the cover can oscillate rearwardly orlaterally, and so on.

The product contained in the tube can be of any kind, for example lead,india rubber, any pharmaceutic stick, such as salt, a stick of argentumnitricum, or a parfume bottle, a bottle containing another liquid, alighter, a spark controller, and so on, an electric lamp, and so on.

What I claim, is:

1. A case, a cover for the case pivotally conopen slot near its free endfor engagement by the pin of the pusher and also having a tooth,

the said longitudinal slot of the case having a recess in its lower endfor engagement by said tooth.

2. A casing, a cover pivotally connected thereto, said casing having alongitudinal slot, a product carrier sliding in the said casing, meansconnecting the product carrier to the cover and consisting of a band orstrap fastened in such a way as to pivot on the cover, the pivot of thesaid strap being movable in a slot in the casing and concentric to thesaid pivot, and the said strap having an open inclined slot near itsfree end for engagement of the sliding finger of the pusher which pushesback the said strap upon the beginning of the stroke of the pusher andcauses pivoting of the cover, the said. finger reentering the saidinclined slot at the end of the course of the pusher in order to act onthe strap and close the cover, means for maintaining the strap in aclosure position of the cover constituted by a tooth fixed to the baseof the strap, a shoulder being made in the longitudinal slot of thecasing at the lower part of the latter for engagement of the abovementioned tooth in the shoulder at the end of the descent of the pusherand the product carrier.

RENE MORTIER.

